The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-03-18
AMATEUR PERFORMANCE.
A Delighted Audience and FulI
House.


ionable audience assembled to witness a
performance by the Honolulu Amateur
Minstrel Company. The very unfavor-
able weather seemed to have had no eff
feet whatever in lessening the attend
ance, tor all the reserved seats were oc-
cupied. and number of chairs had to
be called into requisition. The balcony
and gallery were also full. 1t is very
evident that high opinion exists as to
the merits of this amateur company.
Whenever they appear on the boards
there is certain to be full house, and
undoubtedly the character of the enter
tainments they present warrants it.
The programme for last evening was
divided into two parts. When the cur
tain was rung up Mr.. Morse, the inter
locutor, apologized to the audience for
the unexpected absence of two of the
| company He had scarcely finished
when Messrs. Armstrong and Bishop,
with tambourines in hand, came rush
ing into the hall by the front door and
took their seats on the stage, much to
the amusement of the audience. The
programme opened with an overture,
CHERRY War" which was capitally rem
dered. Harry Won Holt next sang
''Huclkleberry Picnic" followed by ''The
Virginia Rosebud" in which c.. Dena-
veaux displayed a good voice. The
chorus to this song was excellently
given. B. F. Bishop caused some
amusement with his song "Every Day'll
be Sunday By-and-By," which was en-
cored. j. M. Dowsett's selection was
"Cricket on the HEARTH" and it brought
out his voice to good advantage. w. H.
Hogs made happy selection in Nc
Carthy's Fancy Ball, and he sang it So
well that he was compelled to repeat a
verse. A ballad, ''The Deep Blue Sea, :"
was finely rendered by IL. w. Morse.
1t is always a pleasure to hear him sing
was ''Mary's Gone with Coon" SO
well sung by w. G. Armstrong
that he was obliged to respond to an en-
thusiastic encore. As a minstrel song,
it is hard to beat. J. NJ. Bright, with
his sweet alto voice, delighted the au-
dience with "My Pretty Red Rose"
and, in response to encore, he sang
another verse. The choruses to all the
songs were given in true artistic style,
the voices blending together and giving
a volume of tone which was heard ali
over the house. 1t is safe to say that nc
better male chorus singing has ever been
heard on the stage in this city The
Hawaiian quartette-John Bright, John
ALLAH. II. W. Aud and Kamalia Kuhia
accompanied on the guitar by Cain D.
Wiilokai, next sang selection in Ha-
waiian which fairly brought down the
house, and was most deservedly encored.
One never tires of hearing the quar-
tette sing The first part concluded with
a comic sketch, "The Regular Army"
introducing half-a-dozen knock-kneed
and bow-legged soldiers, who looked as
if they needed an appropriation of new
uniforms. It caused considerable amuse
ment.
The second part opened with banjo
solo by ]. Appleby, who proved himself
a complete master of the instrument, and
was encored twice. A sketch, "Chain
Lightning" gave an insight into the
troubles that are experienced in nearly
every household in this community, viz,
domestic servants. A clog dance by L.
c. Gusman was neatly done. The even
ing's entertainment concluded with a
laughable local sketch in two acts, en-
titled "Chun Hook" 1t was in
tensely amusing, at the same time
there were many in the audience,
particularly ladies, who rather shud-
dered when they saw a fac smile
of that notorious character, Chun Hook,
on the stage. However, there was no
fainting, and the sketch ran along
smoothly. A posse of police in the sec
ond act created intense fun as they
marched on to an air from "Pinafore,''
and commenced their search for Chun
Hook. The curtain was rung down
amid enthusiastic applause.
No notice of the performance would
be complete without word of praise to
the orchestra Mr.. j. F. Brown, piano
Mr.. Henry Berger, violin; Mr.. Myron
H. Jones, clarionet, assisted by three of
the band boys, accompanied the songs
throughout the evening with excellent
taste.
On Saturday evening another perform
ance will be given at the same place. |
Box plan opens at 9 O'Clock this morn
ing at j. E. Brown and Co.'s office.
Following is the programme
Interlocutor, H. w. Morse
Bones, II. Won Holt and w. H. Hoogs.
Tambourines, W. G. Armstrong and E. |
F. Bishop.
PART I.
Overture ................." Merry War
Susan jane ....H Won Holt |
The Virginia Rosebud" - G. Denaveaux
L Must Co" .........E. F. Bishop
Sweet Ginning Bells" -. J. NJ. Dowsett
Hush, Little Baby w. III. Hoogs
: IT'S but Little Faded Flower" -
Keep Movin' ''.......w. G. Armstrong
Scotch Lassie Jean" ....J j. NJ. Bright